What is Love? A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think. “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” — Rebecca, age 8 “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. “You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” — Billy, age 4 “Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” — Chris, age 6 “Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.” — Samantha, age 6 “Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” — Terri, age 4 “Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” — Danny, age 7 “Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” — Bobby, age 5 “Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no.” — Patty, age 8 “When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you’re scared they won’t love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more.” — Matthew, age 7 “There are two kinds of love. Our love. God’s love. But God makes both kinds of them.” — Jenny, age 4 “Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” — Noelle, age 7 “Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” — Tommy, age 6 “During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” — Cindy, age 8 “My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” — Clare, age 5 “Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” — Chris, age 8 “Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” — Mary Ann, age 4 “I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” — Lauren, age 4 “When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” — Karen, age 7 “You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” — Jessica, age 8 一組專業人士向一羣4－8歲的兒童提出一個問題：“愛是什麼？”得到的答案比其他人所能想到的還廣還深。看看這些答案，你能想到什麼。 “我的祖母患了關節炎無法彎下腰塗指甲油，因此一直都是我的祖父幫她做這件事，即使他的手也患上了關節炎。這就是愛。”——麗貝卡（8歲） “如果有人愛你，那麼你的名字對他來說與衆不同。而且你知道他們永遠不會把你的祕密說出去。”——比利（4歲） “愛是當你出去吃飯時，把你大部分的炸薯條都給他們，而不需要他們把自己盤子裏的東西給你。”——克莉絲（6歲） “愛是雖然他把你氣得發瘋，你也不會對他喊叫，因爲你怕傷害了他的感情。”——薩曼塔（6歲） “愛是當你疲倦時讓你發笑的東西”。——特里（4歲） “愛是我媽媽爲我爸爸煮咖啡，再遞給他之前都要嘗一口，試試味道是否很好。”——丹尼（7歲） “愛是在聖誕節，和你呆在同一個房間，你會停止拆禮物而去聽他們說些什麼。”——博比（5歲） “愛是擁抱，愛是親吻，愛要懂得拒絕。”——帕蒂（8歲） “當你告訴他們你做的壞事後害怕他們會不再愛你，但卻發現他們不但還愛你，而且更愛你了。”——馬修（7歲） “有兩種愛。我們的愛和上帝的愛，但這兩種愛都是上帝所賦予的。”——詹妮（4歲） “愛是當你告訴一個男孩你喜歡他的這件襯衫，他就天天穿着它。”——諾艾爾（7歲） “愛就像一位小老太和一位小老頭，即使他們彼此非常熟悉但仍然是朋友。”——湯米（6歲） “在我的鋼琴獨奏會上，我正在後臺準備，心裏非常害怕。我看了看臺下那些盯着我的人，發現我爸爸向我招手並衝我微笑，他是惟一這麼做的人，我不再害怕了。”——辛迪（8歲） “我媽媽愛我勝過任何人，你不會看到其他人臨睡前給我晚安吻。”——克萊爾（5歲） “愛是當媽媽看見爸爸渾身汗臭、滿身大汗的時候仍然說他比羅伯特•萊福德還帥。”——克莉絲（8歲） “愛是即使你把你的小狗孤零零扔在家一天，他還會添你的臉。”——瑪麗•安（4歲） “我的姐姐很愛我，因爲她把所有的舊衣服都給了我，自己還得再去買新的。”——勞倫（4歲） “如果你愛某人，你的眼睫毛會上下地跳來跳去，小星星就從你身上出來了。”——卡倫（7歲） “你不要說‘我愛你’，除非你明白愛是什麼。但要是你明白了，你必須經常說。人麼卻總忘記。”——傑西卡（8歲）
